Dr. Chao He is a researcher of Department of Urban Rail Transit and Railway Engineering at Tongji University in China. He received his Ph.D. in Communication and Transportation Engineering from Tongji University at Dec. 2016. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow and research associate in the Department of Civil Engineering at McMaster University from 2017 to 2020. His research field is Urban Transit and Railway Engineering, and his main research interests include the dynamics of rail transit systems and the dynamic interaction between soil and structure. He has published 30 papers in the academic journals, and is the first/corresponding authors of 17 SCI journal papers and 2 EI journal papers. He is also a reviewer for more than 10 academic journals.
Education:
2013.09-2016.12 Tongji University, Communication and Transportation Engineering Ph.D.
2009.09-2013.07 Tongji University, Transportation Engineering B.E
Experience:
2020.10-present School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University Researcher
2020.05-2020.09 Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University Research Associate
2017.06-2020.04 Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University Post-doctoral Fellow
Research interests:
Dynamics of Rail Transit system; Modelling of the dynamic interaction between soil and structure
Publications:
Published paper (First author or corresponding author)
[1] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun. An efficient three-dimensional method for the prediction of building vibrations from underground railway networks [J]. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2020, 139: 106269.
[2] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun. Train-induced vibrations from a tunnel in a layered half-space with varied groundwater table [J]. International Journal of Geomechanics ASCE. 2020, 20(10): 04020174.
[3] Zhou Shunhua, He Chao*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Zhang Xiaohui. Modelling of vehicle-track-tunnel-soil system considering the dynamic interaction between twin tunnels in a poroelastic half-space [J]. International Journal of Geomechanics ASCE, 2020; 20(1): 04019144.
[4] Zhou Shunhua, He Chao*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Xiao Junhua. Three-dimensional analytical model for the coupled track-tunnel-soil system in a multi-layered half-space [J]. Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE, 2020; 146(2): 04019121.
[5] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Zhang Xiaohui, Yu Fan. Theoretical modelling of the dynamic interaction of twin tunnels in a multi-layered half-space [J]. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019; 456: 65-85.
[6] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Zhang Xiaohui. A theoretical model on the influence of ring joint stiffness on dynamic responses from underground tunnels [J]. Construction and Building Materials, 2019; 223: 69-80.
[7] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Xinwen Yang. A three-dimensional semi-analytical method for calculating vibrations from a moving load on a periodic jointed tunnel [J]. Computers and Geotechnics. 2019; 114: 103150.
[8] Zhou Shunhua, He Chao*, Guo Peijun, Yu Fan. Dynamic response of a segmented tunnel in saturated soil using a 2.5-D FE-BE methodology [J]. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2019, 120: 386-397.
[9] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Gong Quanmei. Three-dimensional analytical model for the dynamic interaction of twin tunnels in a homogeneous half-space [J]. Acta Mechanica, 2019; 230: 1159-1179.
[10] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Di Honggui, Yang Xinwen. Effect of dynamic interaction of two neighboring tunnels on vibrations from underground railways in the saturated soil [J]. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2019; 23(11): 4651-4661.
[11] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Zhang Xiaohui. Analytical model for vibration prediction of two parallel tunnels in a full-space [J]. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2018, 423: 306-321.
[12] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Zhang Xiaohui. Modelling of ground vibration from tunnels in a poroelastic half-space using a 2.5-D FE-BE formulation [J]. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2018, 82: 211-221.
[13] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Xiao Junhua. Analytical method for calculation of ground vibration from a tunnel embedded in a multi-layered half-space [J]. Computers and Geotechnics, 2018, 99: 149–164.
[14] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Di Honggui, Shan Yao. A 2.5-D coupled FE-BE model for the dynamic interaction between saturated soil and longitudinally invariant structures [J]. Computers and Geotechnics, 2017, 82:211-222.
[15] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Xiao Junhua. Dynamic 2.5-D Green’s function for a point load or a point fluid source in a layered poroelastic half-space [J]. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2017, 77:123-137.
[16] Zhou Shunhua, He Chao*, Di Honggui, Guo Peijun, Zhang Xiaohui. An efficient method for predicting train-induced vibrations from a tunnel in a poroelastic half-space [J]. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2017, 85:43-56.
[17] Zhou Shunhua, He Chao*, Di Honggui. Dynamic 2.5-D green’s function for a poroelastic half-space [J]. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2016, 67: 96-107.
[18] He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Di Honggui, Xiao Junhua. A 2.5D coupled FE-BE model for the dynamic interaction between tunnel and saturated soil [J]. Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2017, 49(1): 126-136. (in Chinese)
[19] Zhou Shunhua, He Chao*, Xiao Junhua. Energy method for calculating deformation of adjacent shield tunnels due to foundation pit excavation considering step between rings [J]. China Railway Science, 2016, 37(3): 53-60. (in Chinese)